Day 6 – 12 Island Boat Cruise

Up at 8:00am and out to the main road to be picked up by the bus. Once we reached the boat we chose our spots and sunbathed for about an hour waiting for the rest of the passengers. Ellen and I had brought snorkel masks the day before so had them at the ready as we set sail… or rather motored out into the beautiful Mediterranean… along with 50 other boats.

The sun was shining beautifully and we sun bathed and chatted the whole day it was so relaxing! We had a beautiful lunch in a quaint bay, the only noise was a gentle breeze and people splashing in the crisp blue water. We made about 5 stops at different places for about 45 minutes. Nick and Rosie also had snorkel equipment and we all went in search of something interesting at the bottom of the sea. Unfortunately there wasn’t much to look at, most likely because of the number of boats that move along that route for the cruise.

One of the places we stopped at was surrounded by cliffs with tombs in the side. We decided to swim over and investigate. The swim alone took a bit out of us as it was a fair way across the ocean. Nick, Rosie and I had the smart idea… as it seemed at the time… to climb up the side of the cliff to take a closer look. The bottom part was fine as it was in the shade but as we got up higher we reached the stones that had been sitting in the hot sun all day and they were very hot. There were also a number of trees with prickly leaves which had carelessly dropped them all over the place where we were trying to walk. This made for a rather painful ascent. The tomb was very interesting and it was amazing to look and think about the time when it had been built. There was a spooky body looking shape which had been worn into a large stone block, rather like a casket in shape. Freaky.


The walk back down was worse than up as we had to stand in one place longer, envisaging our next steps. By the time we got to the bottom the cool water was a welcomed relief for our burnt and prickled feet.

Back on the boat we continued sunbathing until it was time to head back to the dock. We went out for dinner to a lovely restaurant and then stopped to stuff some boxes with Turkish delight to nibble on at home.